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Thin Power
How former Calgary Mayor Rod Sykes stamped his brand on the city . . . And scorched some sacred cows
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2016
Thin Power is the unauthorized biography of former mayor of Calgary, Rod Sykes, featuring the achievements and bitter controversies of his eight-year term ending in 1977. Publicly revealed for the first time are details of Sykes' unorthodox upbringing in Victoria, B.C., his rise to the mayoralty, and...
Some Ding Happened
A Brain Injury Journey
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2016
Have you dealt with some form of brain injury due to illness, aging or an accident? Do you know someone who has had to deal with cognitive differences? Do you understand the subtleties of a brain injury? Living with the effects of a brain injury "ding" from a car crash can be life-altering. The rehabilitation,...
Opportunity Knocked
How an Idaho farm boy became a successful businessman and advocate of West Yellowstone, Montana
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2016
Growing up on a small family farm in the shadows of Yellowstone National Park, Clyde Glen Seely learned the importance of hard work, strong family ties and making the best of any circumstance. His first childhood responsibility was feeding bum lambs on the farm in Twin Groves, Idaho. Then opportunity...
Building Better Public Services
A Guide for Practitioners
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2015
For decades, public service organizations have been under constant and growing pressure from citizens and stakeholders to provide more integrated, effective and accountable programs and services. Governments are beginning to acknowledge that they can’t own every issue and increasingly look to collaboration,...
by Myrna Tubman
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2014
If the avid fans of the nineteen fifties had known I washed Elvis Presley’s hair, they would have wanted a lock of mine. Kay Parley was the first Canadian that Elvis Presley ever met. The future King of Rock and Roll was just fifteen years old. A seemingly ordinary experience turns extraordinary when...
The Saskman
A British born Canadian musician who played Irish music in a German restaurant in Mexico
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2015
This book is a collection of stories which occurred during my 10 winters in Mexico. I played music in the interior of the country as well as the ocean resorts. Who would have thought that this musical journey would introduce me to the spiritual life of Mexico.
by Janice Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2016
Release Your Ego. Manifesting a vision may seem an impossible dream, but this story explains how releasing your ego and following your soul path is the key to manifesting your dreams. In this inspiring book, Janice Taylor shares her story of the lessons learned growing up through tough times in Saskatchewan,...
by Mary Rannie
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2017
Gary Karr: Life on the G String chronicles the extraordinary international career of a double-bass soloist. Launched in 1962 by Leonard Bernstein, in a Young People's Concert at Carnegie Hall viewed on television by seven million people, Karr quickly gained legendary status for his virtuosity and inimitable...
by Anonymous
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2017
We’ve all heard horror stories of sexual abuse, incest, and rape ... and we’ve heard stories even more horrific, wherein children are conceived in this violence and violation. But what happens when these children are born of children? Children who find themselves alone, afraid, and completely unprepared...
Unified Principles of Physics
Black Holes, Galactic Structure, Gravity, and Dark Matter
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2013
The search for the “Unified Principles of Physics” which describes all that we see has long been the quest of many scientists and the general public. Newton, Einstein, Hawking and many more have all put their ideas into the flow of time … But many unanswered mysteries remained … These mysteries...
by Hilda Harder
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2014
I wrote this story almost fifty years ago, and have learned more of God’ loving care for us. We had gone to Burns Lake with a new car, one child, and a thousand dollars. Ten years later we left with an old car, four children, and six hundred dollars. Through all this we gained a new and better life under God’s watchful eye. He became a friend and helper in the years ahead.
by Dr. Joan Rucker-Hillsman
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2014
This book is designed for the general reader of gospel music, as well as those who incorporate gospel into their lesson plans on the academic level. “Gospel Music: An African American Art Form” provides music information on the heritage of gospel from its African roots, Negro spirituals, traditional...
Alexander Niven
The Biography of an Early Haliburton County Surveyor
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2015
Set in the late 1800s, this well-researched biography takes us into the heart of newly settled Upper Canada, and the rich beginnings of Haliburton County, Ontario. We get a thoughtful and thorough look at the history of the area as we meet Alexander Niven; surveyor, politician, farmer, adventurer, educator,...
Winter Always Turns to Spring A Memoir
My Triumphant Journey Sachiko Takata Bailey
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2013
Sachiko Takata was 14 years-old when an atomic bomb dropped on her hometown of Hiroshima, Japan. In an instant her world was changed. Her mother died shortly after Japan’s surrender. The devastation of war and the loss of her mother awakened in Sachiko’s heart a deep resolve to devote her life to...